Broom



G. R. COOK.

BROOM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.19, 1920.

INVENTOR G LU'RGY:&.Q mus ATTORNEY BY Q.

Patented Mar. 22,

.nairso GEORGE COOK, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T ALBERT HOAG, OF PORTLAND, OREGON. Y

BROOM.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon R. Coon, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to brooms in general, and particularly to the ordinary type of household broom' used by domestics, the object of my'invention being to provide in a substantial construction means of using fiber bristles in the place of the usual corn bristles, and to provide said means of cheap manufacture ObVltttlIlg all necessity of passing the bristles through holes or otherwise stringing them through any member of the 'broom.

I accomplish the above object, and other desirable results that will hereinafter appear, by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a part of this application for letters patent, like characters of reference indicating like parts throughout the several views thereof, and in which: Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the lower portion of the broom upon an enlarged scale, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lower portion of the broom, parts being broken away.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the block.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the collar.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the lower end of the handle.

In general my invention consists of a plurality of bundles or bunches of coarse fiber bristles secured to the lower edge of a suitably shaped block, a collar surrounding said bundles of coarse fibers, an outer layer or envelop of fine fibers entirely surrounding said coarse fibers and said block, a handle secured to saic block, and a flexible envelop encompassing the top of said block and the bottom of said handle.

The block 7 is provided with a straight lower edge 7 upon which the several bundles of coarse fibers 8 are secured, and a curved upper edge 7 b which portion is notched'as at 9 to receive the lower end of the handle 10, said lower end of the handle being squared to fit said notch, and havp e e of Letters Patent Q Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed January 19, 1320. Serial No. 352,643.

ing thereon a dowel 11 adapted to enter" an orifice 12 in said block.

The handle is secured in said notch 9 by means of strips 13 and 1 1 nailed to the block 7 and crossing the notch 9 therein, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and also by nails 15 through the upper edge of the block 7.

The coarse fibers, composing the central portion of the broom bristles, are assembled in bundles of suitable size, and bent over in the middle until the opposite ends of the bundle become adjacent, in which condiion they are secured in place upon the lower edge 7 a of block 7 by wires 16. The wire is fastened upon one side of the block 7 adjacent the edge 7 thereof, and then passed through the loop at the middle of one of the bundles of coarse fibers 8 and Sand around the edge 7" of the block to a nail uponthe opposite side thereof. This process is continued until as many bundles of coarse fibers 8 as desired are secured to the block 7 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the wire being drawn tight as each bundle is placed in position.

When the last bundle has been placed in position and the end of the wire 16 has been fastened by a nail, a collar 19 is placed in position around the upper end of the block 7, as shown in dotted lines at 19 in Fig. 3, and is slipped down until it is in position at the lower edges of the block 7, slightly overlapping the same and embracing both the lower portion of said block and the upper portions of the bundles of coarse fibers 8, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When in this position said collar 19 is fastened to said block 7 by nails 20, and nails or pieces of wire 21 are passed through said collar from side to side thereof between adjacent bundles of coarse fibers 8 and clenched in position, thereby firmly binding all said bundles into said collar.

When the bundles of coarse fibers 8, the collar 19 and the handle 10 have all been placed in position and secured therein, as above explained, the greater portion of the block 7 and all of the bundles of coarse fibers 8 are surrounded or incased within an envelop upper of wires 23 and is then turned upward 1 by nails or wires passing through the same from side to side and also through the collar 19, and being clenched in position. I

A cloth shroud 26 is inserted beneath the and gathered around the lower end of the handle 27 and secured thereon by a thimblef 28 thus providing a neat finish forthe broom.

It will be observed that this construction is very substantial because the coarse fibers are bound uponthe block in a very'secure manner and are also held together by the collar 19; that it is economical in ,construc tion because it avoids all threading of fibers through holes, and also, because t uses a v shorter length of'fine fibers than is requiredwhen said fine fibers are gathered around the lower end ofthe handle as is the usual practice ,and that the final appearance of the broom is neat and attractive.

My device. -Inay;-be made of any size and constructed of any materials deemed con-] venient andsuitable for a device of this character,andwhile I have illustrated and described a form of construction and arrangement ofparts found desirable in materializing my invention, I wish to include in this application for Letters Patent all mechanical equivalents and substitutes that may fairly be considered to come within the scope and purview of my invention asdefined inthe appended claims.

1. In a broom, a block; a handle secured to said block; a plurality of bundles of bristles bent double at the center thereof and secured upon one edge of'sa id block by a wire, said wire being passed from side to side of said block thereby forming a plurality of loops in each of which loopsone of said bundles is secured, said wire being fastened to said block intermediate each of said loops; and a collar surrounding the lower edge ofssaid block and extending downward over said bundles. I

2. In a broom, a plurality of bundles of fibers secured upon the edge of a block by a wire attached to said block and forming a plurality of loops around the edge thereof, each of said loops; embracing one of said bundles of fibers; and a collar encircling the edge of said block and the upper ends of said bundles of fibers-I In witness whereof I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, at Portland, county of Multnomah, State of day of Dec., 1919.

GEORGE R. COOK.

Witnesses: V I

c. F. Bruin. L. J. ROBINSON.

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